State of Grace

Joy Williams’s debut novel received nearly universal acclaim as well as a 1974 National Book Award nomination. Praising the novel, the New York Times noted: “Joy Williams may be the most ‘relevant’ woman writing at this time. . . . You might say that she puts the dignity back into despair.” The quarter century since the book’s publication has not diminished the impact of Williams’s prose. Every sentence moves with the urgent human desire to find one’s place in the world, to find what love is, and to understand the nature of God.

PLEASE NOTE:
We are discontinuing our support of Microsoft-related addresses, including msn.com, live.com, outlook.com,
and hotmail.com, and we ask that you use an alternative address, such as gmail.com, yahoo.com, fastmail.com,
comcast.net, verizon.com, icloud.com, or other.

We have found Microsoft-related email addresses to be sometimes inconsistent in terms of delivering messages,
and we want to make sure that you can access your account and reliably receive messages that you have requested.

Zip Code *

Password *

Confirm password *

Email Preferences

Email Preferences

Sign up for the Narrative newsletter

Keep me posted on upcoming Narrative Workshops.

I would like to receive select information about literary events, publishers, conferences, and organizations.